Cobber vs Mistress - What's the difference?
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(Australia) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another .
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* 1955 , Charles McCormac, “You?ll Die in Singapore!” ,
* 2009 , George W. Adams, Under the Southern Cross ,
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
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, title= A female teacher.
A female partner in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
A dominatrix.
* 2006 , Amelia May Kingston, The Triumph of Hope (page 376)
A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
* Addison
A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
(Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
* Sir (Walter Scott)
(obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.
female companion to a master
Cobber is a related term of mistress.
As nouns the difference between cobber and mistress
is that cobber is (australia) a pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another while mistress is (archaic) used as the title of a married woman before her name now used only in the abbreviated form mrs .cobber
English
Noun
(en noun)- What?s up, cobber ?
- G'day cobber!
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- “He?s a good cobber', even if he is the parson,” he said at last. “He?s a good ' cobber .”
- “That?s right,” said Jim patiently. “He?s a good cobber , and he?s the parson. Now you buzz off and leave him be. We?ve got business to talk here.”
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- He was the first member of our forces we had seen for five months. “Hi ya, cobber ,” muttered Don.
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- A voice from out of nowhere challenged: “Who is going away cobber'?” “Bob!” I shouted. “Boy, am I glad to see you ... Where the hell have you been, my dear bloody ' cobber ?”
Synonyms
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mistress
English
Noun
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- As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
- A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
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- Several of the neighbouring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Usage notes
In the sexual sense, mistress is narrowly taken to mean a woman involved in a committed'' extramarital relationship (an affair), often supported financially (a kept woman). It is broadly taken to mean a woman involved in an extramarital relationship regardless of the level of commitment, but requires more than a single act of adultery.Tiger Woods Does Not Have 11 “Mistresses”: His many paramours aren’t committed enough to merit that term.by Jesse Sheidlower, '', Dec. 10, 2009.